Firing Regulations for Small Arms for the United States Army - 1889

For the accomplishment of this end the exercises of the individual soldier should be directed to the attainment of proficiency in the use of the rifle or carbine in all varieties of weather, at different objects, over every possible variety of ground, and at distances within the limit in which individual fire can in battle be generally employed to the greatest advantage; and the training" of the men as a body should be so con¬ducted as to give them experience and instruction in the classes of fire they would employ in the different stages of modem actions, and to afford to their officers opportunities for acquiring a thorough practical knowledge of the best methods of conducting and directing their fire.

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